Marijuana use has also been linked to schizophrenia.
Neuregulin is one of about 10 genes so far linked to schizophrenia.
Researchers have made progress in understanding how a variant gene linked to schizophrenia may exert its influence in the brain.
The company's researchers discovered mutations linked to schizophrenia, heart disease, diabetes, prostate cancer and many other illnesses.
Altered brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) has been linked to schizophrenia and cognitive deficits.
A small chunk of DNA linked to schizophrenia, mental retardation, and autism may change the way we think about disease.
The Decode team believes it has found the gene, which is called Neuregulin 1 and, though quite well known, has not before been linked to schizophrenia.
Impaired DNC regulation contributes to age-related cognitive decline, while genetic insults to DNC proteins are commonly linked to schizophrenia.
Chen, Y., Hancock, M.L., Role, L.W. & Talmage, D.A. Intramembranous valine linked to schizophrenia is required for neuregulin 1 regulation of the morphological development of cortical neurons.
In 2014, Dr. Posthuma was part of a large-scale study of over 150,000 people that revealed 108 genes linked to schizophrenia.
One gene, CHD8, previously linked by Eichler's group to children with a severe form of autism, has also been linked to schizophrenia and intellectual disability.
